Government leader pardons himself of corruption, says not motivated by self interest

In Vanuatu, more than a dozen government MPs who have been convicted of political corruption have now granted themselves pardons.With the President out of the country, his deputy has used his temporary powers to pardon himself and 13 other MPs, including the Deputy Prime Minister.…Pipite Marcellino says he did not pardon himself and 13 fellow government MPs out of self-interest; rather, it was the national interest that motivated him.